User Guide

Chapter 3: Band-in-a-Box 2011

There is a style memo for each style, that lists the instruments used, and whether the needed RealTracks are present.

New Columns in the StylePicker show you how the # of instruments in each style, as well as whether all needed

RealTracks for a style are present.

The Filter button (as you’ve already seen), as well as the “Show All” button that clears the Filter.

Now let’s shift gears, and load in a MIDI song from the c:\bb\styles00 folder. Load in the song. This is an old song

that uses a MIDI Jazz Swing style ZZJAZZ.

You will then see this yellow message.

This tells you that you can easily switch this to RealTracks.

Press the RealTracks button, and choose “Find a RealTracks Replacement For this style” – you will then get the

_JAZFRED.STY loaded in, which is a RealTracks replacement.

Now Let’s Make a Soloist Medley

A Soloist Medley is when the soloists are changing during the song. When band members are soloing, they

typically change every N bars, or every chorus. So let’s try out one of the Soloist Medleys that comes up Band-in-a-

Box, and then we will make a custom one.

Continuing with the song that we just loaded in, let’s add a Medley Soloist to the Strings Track.

Press the RealTracks Picker dialog, and then select the Strings Track.

Now type a filter with the word “Medley” so that we only see Medleys.

Sort them by tempo. Pick one that works at our song tempo of 140.

Choose

#1323. This has a Medley of Sax, Trombone, Trumpet, and Clarinet. It will change instruments every 8 bars.

Now play the song.

Mute the Melody (Alt 9), or right click on Melody to do this.